Bale-tie.



Patented July 24, |900. M. F. WALKER.

BAL: TIE. (Appiicrion med may 14, xsoof) 4NIL 654,206.

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MILLARD FILLMORE WALKER, OF FLATONIA, TEXAS.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 654,206, dated July24, 1900. Application filed May 14,190Q. Serial No. 16,629. (No model.)

To all whom, it may Concern:

Be it known that I, MILLARD FILLMDRE WALKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Flatonia, in the county of Fayette and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Bale-Tie, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bale-ties.

One object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofbale-ties and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient oneadapted to be readily manipulated in both attaching it to and removingit from a bale or package and capable of iirmly holding a ba-le orpackage under pressure and of preventing the same from expanding afterthe pressure has been removed, whereby the bulk of a bale will bereduced to a minimum and a maximum density secured.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bale-tie of thischaracter adapted to be readily applied to a band to facilitate cuttingthe bands of the proper length Without surplus or Waste and capable ofstretching the bands to a uniform tension, whereby the pressure will beequally distributed and the breakage of a band prevented. Y

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bale provided withbale-ties constru-cted in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of the baletie. Fig. 8 is al longitudinalsectional view of one of the bale-ties, illustrating the arrangement ofthe band. Fig. 4t is a detail sectional View illustrating aslightly-different arrangement of the attached end of the band.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a bale-tie consisting of a lever having a head 2 at one endand provided with a1aterally-bent or diagonally-extended shank The headof the lever is provided with a pair of laterallyextending parallel armst and 5, located adjacent to one end of the le-n ver and forming anintervening space or open ing 6 between them, and the arm 5 is spacedfrom a slotted arm 7, having an aperture 8 for the attached end 9 of aband 10. The arms 5 and 7 have an intervening space or opening S betweenthem. The bands are adapted to be applied to a bale 2 of any materialwhile the same is under compression, and the end 9 of the band lOspassed through the opening 8 of the arm 7 and is riveted to the bodyportion at l1 to form a loop 12. This loop 12 may extend around theinner side of the arm 7, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanyingdrawings, or, as shown in Fig. 4, the attached end of the band may belooped around the outer side of the arm 7, with the extremity thereofinterposed between the inner side of the arm 7 and the body portion ofthe band. The loop may be provided with a rivet, or such a fasteningdevice may be omitted, as the pressure and friction resulting from thearrangement of the terminal 14 between the body of the band and the armwill prevent the band from slipping.

The bale-tie is preferably applied to the upper side or end of the bandwhen the parts are arranged as illustrated in Fig. l ofthe accompanyingdrawings, and the free end l5 of the band is passed beneath the outerarm 4, through the opening 6, and over the intermediate arm 5, andthenbeneath the arm 7. This brings the free end of the band to the positionshown in the second bale-tie from the left-hand end of Fig. 1. The leveris then swung downward to the position illustrated at the right-hand endof Fig. 1, and the engaging end of the shank of the lever is passedbeneath the adjacent portion of the band, as clearly illustrated indotted lines in Fig. l. The engaging end of the shank is provided with alip or flange 16, adapted to abut against the edge of the adjacentportion of the band to prevent the shank from becoming accidentallydisengaged therefrom. The diagonal disposition of the shank of the leverbrings the engaging outer end thereof in alinement with the apertures orspaces formed by the said arms,and the bale-tie is in alinement with theband when it is in its final position and there is no lateral straintending to throw the outer end of the shank out of engagement goods, andin stead of employing :dat bands, as

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wire or other material may beused, and it will be seen that by arranging the apertures or openings atdifferent points on the bale-tie or lever for the reception of theattached and free ends of the band the latter is taken up by the partialrotation or oscillatin of the lever' and is wrapped around the head,thereby enabling all slack to be taken up and preventing all liabilityof the bale or package expanding after the pressure has been removedfrom it.

It will be seen that the bale-tie is exceedingly simple and inexpensivein construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, andthat it is adapted to be readily inanipulated in applying it to andremoving it from a bale. It will also be apparent that it is adapted toplace the several bands of a bale under uniform tension and that it willeectually prevent the bale from expanding after the pressure has beenremoved, whereby the bulk is reduced to a minimum and a maximum densityis secured.

1. Abale-tie consisting ofa lever composed of a head located at one endof the lever and provided at one end with the laterally-extending arms 4and 5 spaced apart, said head being also provided at its inner end withthe enlarged arm 7 spaced from the arm 5 and provided with an apertureto receive the attached end of a band or other flexible connection, and

a shank extending from one side of the head, substantially as described.

y 2. A bale-tie consisting of a lever composed of a head provided withlaterally-extending arms' forming apertures or openings and projectingfrom one side of the head, and the diagonally-disposed shank extendinglaterally from the inner end of the head and having its inner endlocated at the side of the same from which the said arms project, theouter end of the shank beingv arranged in the same plane as the outerends of the arms, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto axed mysignature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MILLARD FILLMORE WALKER.

Witnesses:

E. A. ARNIM, W. A. THATCHER.

